He noted that India's growing energy requirements for its sustained economic development and Delhi's interest in Russian involvement in the development of nuclear projects as part of Indian energy security efforts.

Russia is currently helping build 2000MW Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, which is scheduled to be commissioned in 2007.

The final agreement on Kudankulam was signed in June 1998. Russia is supplying two 1000VVER-type light water reactors under the Kudankulam deal inked in 1985 by former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev.

After the Soviet collapse the deal was revived despite strong US opposition when Moscow insisted that it's joining Nuclear Suppliers Group in early 1990s has no retrospective implications.

Prikhodko conceded that 'there are certain issues involving Russia's commitments to NSG' and the scale of cooperation depends on the NSG guidelines.